Re: photo printing

[Thierry Chatelet]

On Wednesday 20 October 2010 08:25:52 Johann Spies wrote:
> My question is simple:
But your  footer way to big
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photo printing

[Johann Spies]

My question is simple:

Are the lower cost colour laser printers worth while for printing
photo's?

Regards
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Virtualbox crashes X server after update

[Γιώργος Πάλλας]

Good morning!

After today's regular update of my debian squeeze box where kernel was
updated (2.6.32-5-amd), if I open up the Virtualbox console and just
click on Settings, it crashes the X server and I get the login prompt!

Anybody with something similar?




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Re: troubleshooting slow disk writes on squeeze.

[Bob Proulx]

Siju George wrote:
> Michael Iatrou wrote:
> > When you say that it becomes slow, do you have any comparison figures
> > between normal and "slow" operation?
> 
> well,
> 
> saving after editing crontab -e with less than 10 lines takes 5-8
> seconds where as it was instantenous earlier.

That sounds more like it is swapping now when before it was not.  Is
there now a process running that is consuming more memory?  What does
'cat /proc/meminfo' say about memory usage?  (Although I have gotten
lazy and rely much upon 'htop' to show me the usage.)  What does
'vmstat' say in the 'si' and 'so' columns?

Bob


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Re: [solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Doug]

On 10/19/2010 07:31 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

Camaleón  writes:

   

So, in brief:

1/ There is still a small quantity of ink in cartridges
2/ But the printer does not print because its cleaning heads are
obturated or dirty.
3/ You cannot perform a maintenance task because there is not enough ink
4/ The printer does not respond to a cartridge replacement even once you
have pressed the required buttons
5/ Therefore, you are completely stuck

In this situation, I would just contact Epson and tell about this. They
know the printer and could suggest you the right steps.

I (for my self) just would try to manually ("force") the cartridges to
put into the "replace" position but doing this can break the printer, so
dunno... if you cannot afford another printer, be careful or ask Epson
first :-/
 



I spoke with a customer care telephone number and they suggested the solution:
keeping the maintenance button (the right one) pressed for a long time (say 5
seconds), we force the substitution: the heads move to the replacement position
and the cartridge can be replaced before they're completely empty.  The
chicken-egg problem is so overcome.

However, I have now another problem: after cleaning the heads, the print
quality remains bad.  They told me it may depend on the heads dried or maybe
broken.  In any case, they told that the printer needs being taken to an
assistence centre.

Any suggestion about that?

Thanks for anyone's help!

Rodolfo


   
I don't know where you live, but in the US, the price any repair place 
would charge

would certainly buy you a new printer, or darned near it.

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Re: see what files are touched by a program

[Karl Vogel]

>> On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:57:36 +0200, 
>> Steven  said:

S> Can anyone point me to a program that will let me know what files a
S> certain application touches? More importantly, writes to.  Something
S> like "filestouched vi filename" which would then report 'filename' as
S> being used.

   "strace" will do what you want, but it's awkward to use if this app is
   being called by something else.  The easiest way might be to use a
   small script as a placeholder for the application:

 you% mv /path/to/app /path/to/app.bin

 you% cat /path/to/app
 #!/bin/sh
 strace -e trace=open -o /tmp/x$$ /path/to/app.bin ${1+"$@"}
 grep -v RDONLY /tmp/x$$ > /tmp/app$$
 exec rm /tmp/x$$
 exit 1

   Running this using "vim" for the command and "stuff" for the filename
   gave me this trace in /tmp/app21656:

 open("/tmp/stuff.swp", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_LARGEFILE, 0600) = 4
 open("4913", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_LARGEFILE, 0100644) = 3
 open("stuff", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0644) = 3
 open("/me/.viminfo.tmp", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_LARGEFILE, 0600) = 5

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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Morgan Gangwere]

On 10/18/2010 7:46 AM, Bhasker C V wrote:
[snip]

Bug in Squeeze installer. Here's the LENNY sequence:

[...]
- grub install
- grub check install
- possible LILO install
- check LILO install / config
[...]

here's the SQUEEZE install

[ ... Install base system ... ]   <,
- grub check install -> Saying "No" will loop back '
- grub install
- Possible LILO install
- Check LILO install / config.


GRUB2 doesn't know what the heck is going on. It goes BACK a step going
"Cool I should install GRUB!"... Previous step says "I've been here" and
we get a loop.





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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Tom H]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
 wrote:
> In , Tom H
> wrote:
>>"/boot" can only be on raid1 because the bootloaders need to access
>>before mdadm assembles the array and, with raid1, the bootloaders can
>>access one of the submirrors.
>
> I thought Grub2 was going to be able to handle (at least) RAID 5.  In theory,
> grub2 should be able to support all raid layouts that mdadm does, but it would
> require someone porting the relevant code from kernel-space to bootloader-
> space.

That's what I thought last December and I tried with raid5 but
couldn't get it to work.

You've now motivated me to try again...


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Re: How does dbconfig-common detect if mysql is running?

[Gunnar Wolf]

Hanxue Lee dijo [Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:19:38AM -0700]:
> Hi,


Hi,

Please direct your answers to the user support mailing list -
debian-user@lists.debian.org (I have redirected this reply over
there). The list you wrote to (debian-devel) is devoted to development
_of_ Debian, not _under_ Debian.

I am quoting your mail in full in case some other person wants to
answer to you - People, please keep Hanxue Lee 
copied, as he is most likely not subscribed to this mailing list. 

> I am running a Bitnami Amazon Web Services Ubuntu Lucid instance, that has 
> mysql 
> 
> pre-configure and running from /opt/bitnami/mysql . I intend to run stock 
> Debian 
> 
> LAMP packages (example: phpmyadmin). Whilst running "dpkg-reconfigure 
> phymyadmin", dbconfig-common keep coming up with this error:
> 
>  ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket   
>  │ '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
> 
> This is after I have edited /opt/bitnami/mysql/my.cnf to make all references 
> of /opt/bitnami/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock to /tmp/mysql.sock
> 
> I am quite surprised that initially dbconfig-common pick 
> up /opt/bitnami/mysql/my.cnf instead of /etc/mysql/my.cnf . 
> 
> Any advise how I can get dbconfig-common to look up /etc/mysql/my.cnf , or 
> the 
> stock Debian mysql-server installation?


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Re: KMail - forwarding issues

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 19:55 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:26:30 +0100, AG wrote:
> 
> (...)
> 
> > Is there a trick to forwarding emails in KMail so that all that happens
> > is that the OP's email content is preserved along with any attachments
> > but that the OP's details can be edited out?
> 
> AFAICT, no.
> 
> HTML editor is very limited (to say something) in KMail.
> 
> There was a long (and interesing thread¹) not so much ago, where people 
> asked for such functions that seem to be -still- missed. Response? "No".
> 
> That was one of the things that made me switch to Thunderbird. I 
> sincerely hope this can change in a near future :-/
> 
> ¹http://lists.kde.org/?l=kdepim-users&m=128081380926897&w=4

There is a very lively discussion about a related problem (replying to
HTML mail) in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86423

The end result is that the Trinity project
(http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net) has offered to do the work to
implement it for a bounty.  The spec is being finalized and we will
begin collecting for the bounty probably using chipin.com.  It is a
sizable bounty as it is a very large project but, if enough people want
it, we finally have a path forward after years of neglect.  If it's
important to you, I'd suggest subscribing to the bug and chipping in
toward the bounty - John


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Re: KMail - forwarding issues

[Mike Bird]

On Tue October 19 2010 11:26:30 AG wrote:
> Is there a trick to forwarding emails in KMail so that all that happens
> is that the OP's email content is preserved along with any attachments
> but that the OP's details can be edited out?

I use KMail/Kontact in KDE 3.5 in Lenny.

Does pressing "T" ("Edit Message") and changing the "To" address
at the top come anywhere close to the functionality you need?

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Re: ping packet loss when size gt 1500

[Adam Hardy]

Chris Davies on 19/10/10 16:24, wrote:

Adam Hardy  wrote:

I have a question about traceroute that might be relevant. I haven't
figured out the traceroute options because on lenny, my traceroute
doesn't complete. The last hop to mktgw1.ibllc.com doesn't show - it
just counts stars up to 30. But on windows it does complete at 23 -
where mktgw1.ibllc.com is the last hop / target. Does this betray
anything?


Traceroute on Linux and Windows platforms typically use different packet
types. IIRC, tracert uses ICMP 8 (ping) whereas traceroute uses UDP. My
flavour of traceroute accepts the -I flag to force ICMP 8.

My version of traceroute also has the --mtu option, which tries to
determine the MTU for the route being traced. It looks perhaps like the
firewall for interactivebrokers (IP 208.192.181.62) *may* be blocking too
many ICMP control message types - including the MTU/Fragment messages.


The problem is, it doesn't look good from their point of view. I have a problem 
but their other 150,000 customers don't. I have a manually configured gateway, 
iptables firewall and all - their other 150,000 customers use mostly windows, 
although there are an unknown number of linux users out there - it's a java app.


I have so far only a couple of things to go on - communication with their server 
shows inexplicable MTU behaviour, and there is a weak link on the British 
Telecom part of the traceroute.


All tests on my LAN show that I am running normally though. I've tested my mtu 
size, my firewall, my DHCP, my DNS (now using OpenDNS).


Any ideas where to go from here?

Thanks
Adam


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Re: KMail - forwarding issues

[Paul Cartwright]

On Tue October 19 2010, Camaleón wrote:
> Icedove, of course. It allows the same features that Thunderbird.
>
> Greetings,

I use thunderbird on my laptop, for when I travel.. Lately ( the last 6 weeks) 
I've been using nomachine on my laptop to get to my desktop & use kmail & not 
have to mess with forwarding emails, getting them twice, or not having them 
on my desktop. 

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Re: KMail - forwarding issues

[Paul Cartwright]

On Tue October 19 2010, AG wrote:
> I was actually thinking of giving Sylpheed Claws (is it still called
> that??) a revisit since last I used it many, many moons back.

I have stayed with kmail for years, through 3 different distros, because I 
like it, especially with the KONTACT apps. I've tried evo & Sylpheed, but 
they all seem to croak/crash/fail at IMAP & the kontact app suite.
Is pegasus still around? but the forward issue HAS bugged me forever..
I REALLY REALLY HATE leaving in someone elses email address when I forward 
stuff..

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Re: troubleshooting slow disk writes on squeeze.

[Stan Hoeppner]

Siju George put forth on 10/19/2010 7:16 AM:

> Recently Saving/Copying files from Windows Clients to the Samba server
> has become slow at times.
> The system waits during these times for a long time even while
> performing operations using ssh such as

Define "recently".  If the system was running fine, and now "recently"
it has become slow, what changes were made to the system just before it
became slow?

You just installed Squeeze on this system 4 days ago.  Four days isn't
sufficient to say a system _was_ running fine and now is slow.  Did you
upgrade this box from Lenny to Squeeze 4 days ago?  Are you saying it
ran fine before the distribution upgrade but afterward it is slow?

If you just performed a dist upgrade 4 days ago, that is _extremely_
relevant information, and you should have shared that in your original post.

You have made the nubie mistake of offering far too little information
about your system details, and more importantly, the system's history.
Give us all the details, and we might be able to help.  At this point in
time, you've provided zero relevant information that would allow us to
help solve your problem.

If this is a brand new machine/Squeeze install, not an upgrade from
Lenny, there are any number of things that could be causing this
perceived slow write problem.  For instance, a bad/flaky TIM junction
between the CPU and heatsink or a defective CPU fan could be causing
thermal throttling.  If the proper modules aren't installed, you'll
never see anything in your logs pointing to this as the cause.

Please post complete dmesg output so we can at least get an idea of the
hardware specifics of this machine and see what the installed kernel
thinks about your hardware.  Whatever your problem is it is at a low
level, and systemic as it affects shell applications as well as network
applications.

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Re: KMail - forwarding issues

[AG]

On 19/10/10 20:55, Camaleón wrote:

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:26:30 +0100, AG wrote:

(...)

   

Is there a trick to forwarding emails in KMail so that all that happens
is that the OP's email content is preserved along with any attachments
but that the OP's details can be edited out?
 

AFAICT, no.

HTML editor is very limited (to say something) in KMail.
   


I don't use HTML in KMail, so I think that it is functional issue.


There was a long (and interesing thread¹) not so much ago, where people
asked for such functions that seem to be -still- missed. Response? "No".
   


That's very accommodating of the user community feedback, isn't it?


That was one of the things that made me switch to Thunderbird. I
sincerely hope this can change in a near future :-/

¹http://lists.kde.org/?l=kdepim-users&m=128081380926897&w=4

   


I was actually thinking of giving Sylpheed Claws (is it still called 
that??) a revisit since last I used it many, many moons back.



Greetings,

   


Cheers.

AG


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Re: dovecot security

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI]

 On 10/19/2010 06:24 PM, Rob Owens wrote:

Thanks. I just wanted to make sure that my auto-generated SSL cert was
in fact auto-generated, and not just a default cert that *everybody*
gets when they install dovecot.


Such thing wouldn't work, as certificates are specific to one host. If 
the host name does not match, client programs should emit a warning. So 
it's not feasible to create a default certificate for all installations.


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Re: [solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI]

 On 10/19/2010 09:31 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

However, I have now another problem: after cleaning the heads, the print
quality remains bad.  They told me it may depend on the heads dried or maybe
broken.  In any case, they told that the printer needs being taken to an
assistence centre.

Any suggestion about that?


Yeah, forget about crappy inkjet printers and buy a laser one. Initial 
cost is higher, but the actual cost per page is less, and they tend to 
last for a much longer time, especially if they're not the cheapest 
ones. But even the cheapest lasers are probably more durable than an 
average inkjet.




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Re: dovecot security

[Rob Owens]

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 05:56:40PM +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:21:28 -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> 
> > 1)  It seems like cleartext communication is disabled by default, and
> > only TLS or SSL is allowed.  I can't find this in the docs or conf file,
> > though.  Can anybody confirm this is the case?
> 
> Look, at their testing sample page there is a connection to IMAP 143 
> stantard port (no imaps/993):
> 
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation
> 
> Also:
> 
> Plaintext Authentication
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/BasicConfiguration
> 
Thanks for those links.  I had a quick look at my config files again,
and they seem to allow plaintext authentication (which I don't want).
However, Icedove gives me an error when I try to connect without TLS or
SSL.  This is good, but I want to make sure that it is dovecot that is
refusing to cooperate with plaintext connections.

> > 2)  There is a certificate used for secure communication w/ the server,
> > but I did not generate it myself.  Was it generated automatically for
> > me?  Or is it a default cert that I should replace with my own?
> 
> Most e-mail services include their own (even auto-generated) SSL 
> certificates. You can use them (your clients will receive a security 
> alert about SSL certificate being invalid/not trusted which is the normal 
> behaviour) or you can replace them with real ones (Verisign, Thatwe, 
> etc...) validated certificates coming from a CA.
> 
> _Both_ will secure your data, but with the "auto-signed-own-generated" 
> ones, you'll get a "cosmetic" error.
> 
Thanks.  I just wanted to make sure that my auto-generated SSL cert was
in fact auto-generated, and not just a default cert that *everybody*
gets when they install dovecot.

-Rob


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Re: KMail - forwarding issues

[Camaleón]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:01:56 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:

> On Tue October 19 2010, Camaleón wrote:
>> That was one of the things that made me switch to Thunderbird. I
>> sincerely hope this can change in a near future :-/
> 
> do you mean icedove? or the real thunderbird from Mozilla..

Sorry, I'm still using my "non-debianized" brain part :-)

Icedove, of course. It allows the same features that Thunderbird.

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Re: KMail - forwarding issues

[Paul Cartwright]

On Tue October 19 2010, Camaleón wrote:
> That was one of the things that made me switch to Thunderbird. I
> sincerely hope this can change in a near future :-/

do you mean icedove? or the real thunderbird from Mozilla..

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Re: KMail - forwarding issues

[Camaleón]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:26:30 +0100, AG wrote:

(...)

> Is there a trick to forwarding emails in KMail so that all that happens
> is that the OP's email content is preserved along with any attachments
> but that the OP's details can be edited out?

AFAICT, no.

HTML editor is very limited (to say something) in KMail.

There was a long (and interesing thread¹) not so much ago, where people 
asked for such functions that seem to be -still- missed. Response? "No".

That was one of the things that made me switch to Thunderbird. I 
sincerely hope this can change in a near future :-/

¹http://lists.kde.org/?l=kdepim-users&m=128081380926897&w=4

Greetings,

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Re: troubleshooting slow disk writes on squeeze.

[Karl E. Jorgensen]

Hi

On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 17:46 +0530, Siju George wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a squeeze server
> 
> Linux rv1 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 15 00:56:30 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> It has a lot of free RAM and the processors also don't have much work load
> 
> # free -m
>  total   used   free sharedbuffers cached
> Mem:  3956   2778   1178  0  0   1448
> -/+ buffers/cache:   1329   2627
> Swap: 9538  0   9538
> 
> top - 17:41:14 up  6:35,  1 user,  load average: 0.40, 0.91, 0.63
> Tasks: 197 total,   1 running, 196 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> Cpu0  :  0.0%us,  0.0%sy,  0.0%ni, 99.0%id,  0.7%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.3%si,  0.0%st
> Cpu1  :  0.0%us,  0.0%sy,  0.3%ni, 99.7%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
> Cpu2  :  0.3%us,  0.3%sy,  0.0%ni, 96.7%id,  2.3%wa,  0.3%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
> Cpu3  :  0.0%us,  0.3%sy,  0.3%ni, 96.3%id,  2.7%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.3%si,  0.0%st
> Mem:   4051952k total,  2824744k used,  1227208k free,  528k buffers
> Swap:  9767416k total,   28k used,  9767388k free,  1484668k cached


This part looks OK - CPU's are idle, free memory is OK and not much
iowait%


> 
> I have samba installed.
> 
> ii  samba 2:3.5.5~dfsg-1
> SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
> ii  samba-common  2:3.5.5~dfsg-1
> common files used by both the Samba server and client
> ii  samba-common-bin  2:3.5.5~dfsg-1
> common files used by both the Samba server and client
> 
> and have a few shares.
> 
> Recently Saving/Copying files from Windows Clients to the Samba server
> has become slow at times.
> The system waits during these times for a long time even while
> performing operations using ssh such as

What does "vmstat 5" say during this period? 


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Re: troubleshooting slow disk writes on squeeze.

[Siju George]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Michael Iatrou  wrote:
>
>
> When you say that it becomes slow, do you have any comparison figures
> between normal and "slow" operation?
>

well,

saving after editing crontab -e with less than 10 lines takes 5-8
seconds where as it was instantenous earlier.

> Shooting in the dark here:
>
> Do you get any suspicious messages from dmesg?
>

nope :-(

>How much free space do you
> have on the disk and what filesystem?
>

more than 50% of the space is free on all lvms
file system is jfs on all

>Is it a new disk (4k native blocks,
> misaligned partitions)?
>

nope all the stuff was made using the debian installer.

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KMail - forwarding issues

[AG]

Dear list

I am really beginning to get ticked off with KMail's forwarding 
function.  While there are three options for forwarding (i.e. as 
attachment, in-line or redirect), I am finding it problematic to forward 
emails in such a way that allows for the removal of the OP's details 
while preserving the actual content one wants to forward.


Of the three options one seems to remove the content to be forwarded 
while the other two seem to retain the OP's details in some way or 
another.  In forwarding an email in-line often the original content is 
not retained (images or other attachments in the OP's mail are removed 
and I'm left only with my own sig, for example).  If redirected, the 
OP's details are retained, as they are when the email is forwarded as an 
attachment.


Is there a trick to forwarding emails in KMail so that all that happens 
is that the OP's email content is preserved along with any attachments 
but that the OP's details can be edited out?


I'm using version 1.13.5 on an up-to-date testing machine.

Cheers

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Re: Changing DPI in X.org

[Andrei Popescu]

On Ma, 19 oct 10, 12:53:48, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On 10/18/2010 11:36 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Mi, 13 oct 10, 11:34:30, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >> I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop.  For
> >> some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI, when it's
> >> actually 107 DPI.  What's the best way to let x.org know the internal
> >> display's actual DPI?
> > 
> > According to this bug you need to recompile Xorg.
> 
> Sounds like a job for the package maintainer; I can't be the only person
> to encounter this.

The proprietary nvidia driver is (still) doing the correct thing and I 
think fglrx as well.

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Re: Changing DPI in X.org

[Paul Johnson]

On 10/18/2010 11:36 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Mi, 13 oct 10, 11:34:30, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> I'm running x.org 7.5 on Debian Testing, on a ThinkPad T400 laptop.  For
>> some reason, it detects the internal display as 96 DPI, when it's
>> actually 107 DPI.  What's the best way to let x.org know the internal
>> display's actual DPI?
> 
> According to this bug you need to recompile Xorg.

Sounds like a job for the package maintainer; I can't be the only person
to encounter this.




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Re: troubleshooting slow disk writes on squeeze.

[Michael Iatrou]

When the date was Tuesday 19 of October 2010, Siju George wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Michael Iatrou  
wrote:
> > When the date was Tuesday 19 of October 2010, Siju George wrote:
> > > Recently Saving/Copying files from Windows Clients to the Samba
> > > server has become slow at times.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > What else can I do to trouble shoot this problem?
> > 
> > The first step is to verify that this is not a problem of the Windows
> > clients. So, you should perform a few tests with Linux clients for the
> > Samba server.
> 
> Yes the same is true for linux clients as well as even for
> 
> crontab -e
> 
> from the server's commandline itself

When you say that it becomes slow, do you have any comparison figures 
between normal and "slow" operation?

Shooting in the dark here:

Do you get any suspicious messages from dmesg? How much free space do you 
have on the disk and what filesystem? Is it a new disk (4k native blocks, 
misaligned partitions)?

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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Andrei Popescu]

On Lu, 18 oct 10, 14:46:23, Bhasker C V wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   Somewhere during the end of the installation there is a question
>  Continue without installing (yes/no)
>  This I assume is if I choose 'Yes' then Grub will not be installed
> and when i choose 'No' grub will be installed. But when i choose no,
> the installer keeps asking the saem question again and again. May be
> this question needs to be re-phrased as "Install grub (y/n)" ?

I can't reproduce this in a VirtualBox install.

Can you please give more details, like what image you used and 
preferably the exact and complete text of the message? If you do a 
graphical install you can even make screenshots, which you can post 
somewhere on the web for us to see.

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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Andrei Popescu]

On Ma, 19 oct 10, 05:45:33, Paul E Condon wrote:
> 
> I think the original post was about an event that was happening during
> a fresh new install of Debian OS. At that point, I doubt if screen
> capture feature is up and running. Maybe I'm wrong. Is there a way to
> invoke screen capture during install of Debian? (not merely during
> install of a package while running aptitude or apt-get under a fully
> functioning Debian host system)

In the graphical installer the "Screenshot" button is available from the 
beginning. I'm now running an installation in VirtualBox to find that 
message, but it will be a while...

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Re: troubleshooting slow disk writes on squeeze.

[Siju George]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Michael Iatrou  wrote:
>
> When the date was Tuesday 19 of October 2010, Siju George wrote:
>
> > Recently Saving/Copying files from Windows Clients to the Samba server
> > has become slow at times.
> [...]
> > What else can I do to trouble shoot this problem?
>
> The first step is to verify that this is not a problem of the Windows
> clients. So, you should perform a few tests with Linux clients for the Samba
> server.
>

Yes the same is true for linux clients as well as even for

crontab -e

from the server's commandline itself

thanks

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Re: Ethernet port dead

[Andrei Popescu]

On Ma, 19 oct 10, 09:56:28, Camaleón wrote:
> 
> @Andrei, could it be related to this old bug?
> 
> ip1394 not needed and causing trouble
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=238979

I'd say not, that bug looks more like a naming issue, but blacklisting 
that module is worth a try anyway.

@Rodolfo, could you please post the output of 'lspci -nnk', preferably 
only the part relevant to the SiS Ethernet controler.

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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

In , Tom H 
wrote:
>"/boot" can only be on raid1 because the bootloaders need to access
>before mdadm assembles the array and, with raid1, the bootloaders can
>access one of the submirrors.

I thought Grub2 was going to be able to handle (at least) RAID 5.  In theory, 
grub2 should be able to support all raid layouts that mdadm does, but it would 
require someone porting the relevant code from kernel-space to bootloader-
space.
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Re: ping packet loss when size gt 1500

[Chris Davies]

Adam Hardy  wrote:
> I have a question about traceroute that might be relevant. I haven't
> figured out the traceroute options because on lenny, my traceroute
> doesn't complete. The last hop to mktgw1.ibllc.com doesn't show - it
> just counts stars up to 30. But on windows it does complete at 23 -
> where mktgw1.ibllc.com is the last hop / target. Does this betray
> anything?

Traceroute on Linux and Windows platforms typically use different packet
types. IIRC, tracert uses ICMP 8 (ping) whereas traceroute uses UDP. My
flavour of traceroute accepts the -I flag to force ICMP 8.

My version of traceroute also has the --mtu option, which tries to
determine the MTU for the route being traced. It looks perhaps like the
firewall for interactivebrokers (IP 208.192.181.62) *may* be blocking too
many ICMP control message types - including the MTU/Fragment messages.

Chris


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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Paul Scott]

On 10/18/2010 10:46 AM, Ozgur EROGLU wrote:

Hi,
yes there seems to be a problem. But you may still say yes and after the
reboot, just enter into the rescue mode by booting from the installation
CD,then after opening a root shell, run update-grub command.It will
configure grub, then you may reboot and will see the grub screen.

Ozgur

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 14:46 +0100, Bhasker C V wrote:
   

Hi,

Somewhere during the end of the installation there is a question
   Continue without installing (yes/no)
   This I assume is if I choose 'Yes' then Grub will not be installed and
when i choose 'No' grub will be installed. But when i choose no, the
installer keeps asking the saem question again and again. May be this
question needs to be re-phrased as "Install grub (y/n)" ?
 


I had that several times recently.  The sequence of (2?) questions was 
messed up.  It actually installed Grub even though the questions implied 
Grub would not be installed.


Paul Scott




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Re: [solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Gilbert Sullivan]

On 10/19/2010 11:40 AM, Klistvud wrote:


The "printer and cartridges" business model has been a thorn in the side
of conscientious consumers for years.



You can say that again! Although I might characterize the position of 
the pain as being more toward the posterior than the side.


;-)


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Re: troubleshooting slow disk writes on squeeze.

[Michael Iatrou]

When the date was Tuesday 19 of October 2010, Siju George wrote:

> Recently Saving/Copying files from Windows Clients to the Samba server
> has become slow at times.
[...]
> What else can I do to trouble shoot this problem?

The first step is to verify that this is not a problem of the Windows 
clients. So, you should perform a few tests with Linux clients for the Samba 
server.

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Re: avogadro plugins

[Bob McGowan]

On 10/18/2010 10:03 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> On 19/10/10 03:50, Bob McGowan wrote:
>> On 10/18/2010 05:55 AM, #ZHAO LINA# wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have just install the avogadro package on my amd64 Squeeze desktop.
>>> Now I would like to play with some avogadro plugins.
>>> I have succeeded to built one (packmol) as regular user, but I do not
>>> know how to make it plugged by avogadro:
>>> any hint is warmly welcome.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> lina
>>
>> A web search for 'Avogadro software' found a wiki home page, with a link
>> to a developer's page.  That page have links to a number of other pages,
>> one of which discusses plugins.
>>
>> Perhaps that will help.
> 
> that will certainly help a confirmed developer,
> not a newbie: to install firefox plugins,
> it is not necessary to be a developer,
> we can expect the same for avogadro.
> 
> Jerome
> 

But, the OP said "I have succeeded to built one ..." which would imply
downloading code and at least enough developer knowledge to do a build.

I'd assume if I downloaded the *code* for a Firefox plugin, there would
be steps I'd need to follow in order to build and install it, which
would, I'd think, be part of the documentation on the Firefox
developers' page(s).

I would expect to have to do something different than the "download and
install" used from within Firefox.

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Re: [solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Klistvud]

Dne, 19. 10. 2010 15:05:21 je Gilbert Sullivan napisal(a):


In addition to considering the compatibility of a printer with your  
OS you might want to consider its design compatibility with your  
printing needs.


The issue you ran into with your Epson not being able to clear its  
print heads effectively is one I've run into before. If you use an  
inkjet printer only sporadically you may be best served by buying an  
inkjet printer design which replaces the print heads along with the  
Ink cartridges. This makes the replacement cartridges much more  
expensive, but it means you get new print heads when you replace the  
cartridges.


If your needs can be handled by a b&w or color laser printer, that's  
even better. Laser printers cost more up front, but mine have more  
than paid for the cost differential with inkjet printers in the lower  
long-range cost of operation. (Laser printer cartridges cost a lot,  
but the last much, much longer than inkjet cartridges.)


Excellent advice. Couldn't agree more. In addition, depending on your  
situation and location, you may consider additional options, such as:


-- are your printing needs sporadic enough to warrant the services of a  
printing shop? Many printing shops accept files on USB sticks, CDs etc.  
and then print the files for you at affordable prices -- and you  
generally get state-of-the art printout quality;
-- is your neighborhood (or condo, or household) large and friendly  
enough to warrant the purchase of a quality newtorked laser  
printer/copier in common, for all the members to use (and to place in  
the lobby or something)?


The "printer and cartridges" business model has been a thorn in the  
side of conscientious consumers for years.


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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Tom H]

2010/10/19 Andrew McGlashan :
> Nuno Magalhães wrote:
>>
>> I had a similar problem recently where some package failed to install,
>> which caused grub to fail as well. Switching to a console and issuing
>> aptitude install grub did the trick.
>
> I had a different problem, not sure it should have been.
>
> Installed Debian from 5.06 netinst using ssh.
>
> Setup RAID6 over 6 drives (single partition on each drive), lvm2 of that and
> there was no way I could install grub [lilo failed, but I didn't want lilo
> anyway].
>
> Dropped back to allocating 2 partitions per drive and using the smaller one
> as a 6 way RAID1 mirror for /boot -- then RAID6 for the large partitions
> with lvm2 covering root and other areas; then I could install grub.

"/boot" can only be on raid1 because the bootloaders need to access
before mdadm assembles the array and, with raid1, the bootloaders can
access one of the submirrors.


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Re: scrollbar on left side

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

In <20101018200323.gf3...@yun.yagibdah.de>, lee wrote:
>is there finally a way to get the scrollbar on the left side rather
>than on the right side in KDE?

Not on my system.

Presumably, this would be part of "System Settings -> General -> Appearance -> 
Style".  In fact, there are some scrollbar-related options under "Applications 
-> Configure..." depending on the style.

I currently have the styles: CDE, Cleanlooks, GTK+, MS Windows 9x, Motif, 
Oxygen, Phase, and Plastique.  I could not find a scrollbar-on-the-left 
setting on any of these and these doesn't appear to be a KGHNS button for 
styles, so I'm not sure the best way to install any alternative styles.
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Re: Need More Entropy | $ gpg --gen-key

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

In <8762wyjuhr@debian-asztal.excito>, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>Zaki Akhmad  writes:
>> I need more entropy here while I generate gpg key on my Debian server.
>> The server is not with X.
>> Any hint what should I do on my server? I've tried ping flood but it
>> still not enough.
>
>I would start sudo updatedb (required mlocate package), move around with
>mouse (required gpm package) and use keyboard for something.

Decoding / encoding audio / video is also a fairly good source for entropy.  
You can do the encoding / decoding even if the server is headless and without 
a sound subsystem.

Basically anything process that uses the disk(s), RAM, *and* CPU is going to 
build up entropy in the kernel as the timings of the 3 are slightly different 
and the kernel uses those differences as part of the entropy calculation.
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Re: [solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Camaleón]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:59:36 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> Rodolfo Medina writes:
> 
>> However, I have now another problem: after cleaning the heads, the
>> print quality remains bad.  They told me it may depend on the heads
>> dried or maybe broken.  In any case, they told that the printer needs
>> being taken to an assistence centre.
>>
>> Any suggestion about that?

No, sorry ;-(

It's years since I've not played with inkjet printers (my last one was an 
Epson Stylus Photo 1290).
 
> It seems that I need a new printer: where can I find a list of all the
> printers that are known to be compatible with Debian Lenny?

If you can buy it, I'd suggest a laser printer that plays fine with linux 
(HP have some nice and quite affordable models).

Another option (and for casual/non intensive usage), would be those 
called all-in-one devices, where, again, HP has some good and linux 
compatible models.

As for the compatibilty list, just select one model you like and then 
perform the search. For example, HP linux compatible (and all-in-one)
printers can be looked up here:

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html

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Re: [solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Gilbert Sullivan]

On 10/19/2010 07:59 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

Rodolfo Medina  writes:


However, I have now another problem: after cleaning the heads, the print
quality remains bad.  They told me it may depend on the heads dried or maybe
broken.  In any case, they told that the printer needs being taken to an
assistence centre.

Any suggestion about that?



It seems that I need a new printer: where can I find a list of all the printers
that are known to be compatible with Debian Lenny?

Bye
Rodolfo



Hi, Rodolfo.

In addition to considering the compatibility of a printer with your OS 
you might want to consider its design compatibility with your printing 
needs.


The issue you ran into with your Epson not being able to clear its print 
heads effectively is one I've run into before. If you use an inkjet 
printer only sporadically you may be best served by buying an inkjet 
printer design which replaces the print heads along with the Ink 
cartridges. This makes the replacement cartridges much more expensive, 
but it means you get new print heads when you replace the cartridges.


If your needs can be handled by a b&w or color laser printer, that's 
even better. Laser printers cost more up front, but mine have more than 
paid for the cost differential with inkjet printers in the lower 
long-range cost of operation. (Laser printer cartridges cost a lot, but 
the last much, much longer than inkjet cartridges.)


All of this is generally speaking, of course. And I haven't even 
mentioned print quality. Each brand has its adherents. I'm happy as long 
as I can read the print, and I'm delighted if it actually looks pretty.


I think that you'll find that HP printers of various kinds are generally 
better supported in GNU/Linux.


Good luck!


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Re: ping packet loss when size gt 1500

[Adam Hardy]

Ron Johnson on 19/10/10 12:46, wrote:

On 10/19/2010 04:30 AM, Adam Hardy wrote:

Ron Johnson on 19/10/10 00:25, wrote:

On 10/18/2010 04:54 AM, Adam Hardy wrote:
[snip]


I'm running a windows app to monitor it called 'ping plotter' which
charts the ping responses and flags up the packet loss, and one server
out there in particular loses 15% of pings: 213.120.176.62



Maybe not as fancy, but I find that mtr is *really* useful.

(It's packaged in Debian...)


In xfce I see it's got an icon for the app in the icon box


Icon "box"?


   - I can't
figure out where that icon is to put it on my menu. It's actually got
the letters "mtr" in the icon so it's obviously for mtr. Sounds like a
daft question but where would that icon be? It doesn't appear to have
been installed with the package.



Under "Networking"?

(I just install mtr-tiny and run mtr from the cli.)


I figured you might be doing that after I hit 'send'.

By "icon box" I mean the desktop manager's running applications box next to the 
menu (depending on your choice of desktop manager).


It must be an xfce thing - although the icon is quite cool, I can't understand 
why it wasn't in the package if it's not xfce, but it's not where the other xfce 
icons are.



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Re: [solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Paul Cartwright]

On Tue October 19 2010, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> It seems that I need a new printer: where can I find a list of all the
> printers that are known to be compatible with Debian Lenny?

http://www.linuxprinting.org/


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troubleshooting slow disk writes on squeeze.

[Siju George]

Hi,

I have a squeeze server

Linux rv1 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 15 00:56:30 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

It has a lot of free RAM and the processors also don't have much work load

# free -m
 total   used   free sharedbuffers cached
Mem:  3956   2778   1178  0  0   1448
-/+ buffers/cache:   1329   2627
Swap: 9538  0   9538

top - 17:41:14 up  6:35,  1 user,  load average: 0.40, 0.91, 0.63
Tasks: 197 total,   1 running, 196 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu0  :  0.0%us,  0.0%sy,  0.0%ni, 99.0%id,  0.7%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.3%si,  0.0%st
Cpu1  :  0.0%us,  0.0%sy,  0.3%ni, 99.7%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Cpu2  :  0.3%us,  0.3%sy,  0.0%ni, 96.7%id,  2.3%wa,  0.3%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Cpu3  :  0.0%us,  0.3%sy,  0.3%ni, 96.3%id,  2.7%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.3%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   4051952k total,  2824744k used,  1227208k free,  528k buffers
Swap:  9767416k total,   28k used,  9767388k free,  1484668k cached

I have samba installed.

ii  samba 2:3.5.5~dfsg-1
SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
ii  samba-common  2:3.5.5~dfsg-1
common files used by both the Samba server and client
ii  samba-common-bin  2:3.5.5~dfsg-1
common files used by both the Samba server and client

and have a few shares.

Recently Saving/Copying files from Windows Clients to the Samba server
has become slow at times.
The system waits during these times for a long time even while
performing operations using ssh such as

#aptitude update

I ran test for the hard drives and they are fine

# smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_DescriptionStatus  Remaining
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offlineCompleted without error   00%  1226 -

# smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdb

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_DescriptionStatus  Remaining
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offlineCompleted without error   00%  1191 -

What else can I do to trouble shoot this problem?

thanks :-)

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Re: [solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Rodolfo Medina]

Rodolfo Medina  writes:

> However, I have now another problem: after cleaning the heads, the print
> quality remains bad.  They told me it may depend on the heads dried or maybe
> broken.  In any case, they told that the printer needs being taken to an
> assistence centre.
>
> Any suggestion about that?


It seems that I need a new printer: where can I find a list of all the printers
that are known to be compatible with Debian Lenny?

Bye
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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Andrew McGlashan]

Hi,

Nuno Magalhães wrote:

I had a similar problem recently where some package failed to install,
which caused grub to fail as well. Switching to a console and issuing
aptitude install grub did the trick.


I had a different problem, not sure it should have been.

Installed Debian from 5.06 netinst using ssh.

Setup RAID6 over 6 drives (single partition on each drive), lvm2 of that 
and there was no way I could install grub [lilo failed, but I didn't 
want lilo anyway].


Dropped back to allocating 2 partitions per drive and using the smaller 
one as a 6 way RAID1 mirror for /boot -- then RAID6 for the large 
partitions with lvm2 covering root and other areas; then I could install 
grub.


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Re: ping packet loss when size gt 1500

[Ron Johnson]

On 10/19/2010 04:30 AM, Adam Hardy wrote:

Ron Johnson on 19/10/10 00:25, wrote:

On 10/18/2010 04:54 AM, Adam Hardy wrote:
[snip]


I'm running a windows app to monitor it called 'ping plotter' which
charts the ping responses and flags up the packet loss, and one server
out there in particular loses 15% of pings: 213.120.176.62



Maybe not as fancy, but I find that mtr is *really* useful.

(It's packaged in Debian...)


In xfce I see it's got an icon for the app in the icon box


Icon "box"?


   - I can't
figure out where that icon is to put it on my menu. It's actually got
the letters "mtr" in the icon so it's obviously for mtr. Sounds like a
daft question but where would that icon be? It doesn't appear to have
been installed with the package.



Under "Networking"?

(I just install mtr-tiny and run mtr from the cli.)

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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Paul E Condon]

On 20101019_094349, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> I had a similar problem recently where some package failed to install,
> which caused grub to fail as well. Switching to a console and issuing
> aptitude install grub did the trick.
> 
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I think the original post was about an event that was happening during
a fresh new install of Debian OS. At that point, I doubt if screen
capture feature is up and running. Maybe I'm wrong. Is there a way to
invoke screen capture during install of Debian? (not merely during
install of a package while running aptitude or apt-get under a fully
functioning Debian host system)

I have seen what seems to me is the phenomenon OP is talking
about. Being under the impression that I could not do a screen
capture, I never really complained about it because I could not figure
out a way to offer evidence that it was just an hallucinating user.

What happened to me seemed to be explained by assuming that grub2 was
actually installed in spite of the fact that there was this error
message claiming that it wasn't. What DIDN'T get installed was any
lines in /boot/grub/grug.cfg that mentioned other OSes that were
already present on the computer. So on reboot, there was only the new
install mention as an option. This is scary, because the new system
might not actually work, but if it does, running grub-install under
the new system brings into play a better version of grub.cfg that does
have lines for the other OSes on the computer. When I discovered this,
I stopped worrying that I was not helping squash a bug. But what I
saw, really was pretty bad, at least cosmetically, since it will be a
part of the first experience of Debian by every future new user.

And then again, maybe I'm wrong, and it really is a recurring
hallucination. 

Additionally, maybe significant: All my work was done using 
the businesscard CD, squeeze version, which seems to have been
unchanged for a very long time.

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[solved] Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Rodolfo Medina]

Camaleón  writes:

> So, in brief:
>
> 1/ There is still a small quantity of ink in cartridges
> 2/ But the printer does not print because its cleaning heads are 
> obturated or dirty.
> 3/ You cannot perform a maintenance task because there is not enough ink
> 4/ The printer does not respond to a cartridge replacement even once you 
> have pressed the required buttons
> 5/ Therefore, you are completely stuck
>
> In this situation, I would just contact Epson and tell about this. They 
> know the printer and could suggest you the right steps.
>
> I (for my self) just would try to manually ("force") the cartridges to 
> put into the "replace" position but doing this can break the printer, so 
> dunno... if you cannot afford another printer, be careful or ask Epson 
> first :-/



I spoke with a customer care telephone number and they suggested the solution:
keeping the maintenance button (the right one) pressed for a long time (say 5
seconds), we force the substitution: the heads move to the replacement position
and the cartridge can be replaced before they're completely empty.  The
chicken-egg problem is so overcome.

However, I have now another problem: after cleaning the heads, the print
quality remains bad.  They told me it may depend on the heads dried or maybe
broken.  In any case, they told that the printer needs being taken to an
assistence centre.

Any suggestion about that?

Thanks for anyone's help!

Rodolfo


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Re: Need More Entropy | $ gpg --gen-key

[Csanyi Pal]

Zaki Akhmad  writes:


> I need more entropy here while I generate gpg key on my Debian server.
> The server is not with X.
> Any hint what should I do on my server? I've tried ping flood but it
> still not enough.

I would start sudo updatedb (required mlocate package), move around with
mouse (required gpm package) and use keyboard for something.

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Re: scrollbar on left side

[Camaleón]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:03:23 +0200, lee wrote:

> is there finally a way to get the scrollbar on the left side rather than
> on the right side in KDE?

You mean in the whole KDE environment or just in some apps?

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Re: Wohin logt der Networkmanager / VPN

[Klistvud]

Dne, 19. 10. 2010 12:14:28 je Frank Lanitz napisal(a):

/var/log/syslog

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Wohin logt der Networkmanager / VPN

[Frank Lanitz]

 Hallo,

Ich wollte per Networkmanager ein VPN einrichten und bekomme nur eine
Fehlermeldung, dass er sich nicht verbinden kann. Konkret geht es um ein
Cisco VPN mit dem vpnc Plugin für den Networkmanager. Da ich mir nicht
sicher bin, wo die Ursache liegt, würde ich gerne einmal in die Logfiles
schauen. Allein, ich finde keine. Kann mir einer von Euch einen Tipp
geben, wohin eventuelle Logausgaben geschrieben werden?

Gruß Frank


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Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Camaleón]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:23:24 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

(...)

>> Then try with these steps:
>>
>> http://support.epson-europe.com/onlineguides/en/sc20/ref_g/ink_1.htm
> 
> 
> Those steps require the cartridges to be completely empty, otherwise the
> heads won't reach the replacement position:
> 
>   "Do not move the print head by hand, as this may damage the
>printer. Always press the  maintenance button to move it."

So, in brief:

1/ There is still a small quantity of ink in cartridges
2/ But the printer does not print because its cleaning heads are 
obturated or dirty.
3/ You cannot perform a maintenance task because there is not enough ink
4/ The printer does not respond to a cartridge replacement even once you 
have pressed the required buttons
5/ Therefore, you are completely stuck

In this situation, I would just contact Epson and tell about this. They 
know the printer and could suggest you the right steps.

I (for my self) just would try to manually ("force") the cartridges to 
put into the "replace" position but doing this can break the printer, so 
dunno... if you cannot afford another printer, be careful or ask Epson 
first :-/

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Re: Ethernet port dead

[Camaleón]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:23:02 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> Andrei Popescu writes:
>  
 Here's your network card. Very interesting that it didn't show up in
 the grep... are you aware of any differences (for example booting
 with a different kernel)?

 Could you please let us see the full output of 'dmesg'. If you are
 worried about the size you can use paste.debian.net
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks, I posted the output of `dmesg' as the file `dmesg' at
>>> paste.debian.net, under the name of `rodolfo'.
>>
>> This link seems empty:
>>
>> http://paste.debian.net/97096
> 
> 
> I posted it again, now it should be there:
> 
> http://paste.debian.net/97210/

O.k... let's see:

***
ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
^^
***

That seems to be "IP over IEEE 1394" module and it should not be loaded 
unless explicitly requested :-?

***
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[00030d53255c8616]
eth1394: eth0: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
***

And here you get your firewire "ethernetized" interface.

@Andrei, could it be related to this old bug?

ip1394 not needed and causing trouble
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=238979

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Re: Problem with Totem?

[Camaleón]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:26:33 -0500, John Hasler wrote:

> Camaleón wrote:

(Hey, I didn't say that. Please, care your "quoting") :-)

>> It might be the sampling frequency. 28000 Hz is quite big, even if we
>> can hear until 20 Hz.
> 
> No you can't.  Perhaps to 2Hz or a bit above if you are small and
> young.

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Re: Problem with Totem?

[Camaleón]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:19:33 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:

> Camaleón writes:

>>> It might be the sampling frequency. 28000 Hz is quite big, even if we
>>> can hear until 20 Hz.
>>
>> You seem to be on the right "track" :-P:
>>
>> gstreamer/totem is unable to play 48000Hz *.wav
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559692
>>
>> Try with another non-gstreamer based player.

> Thanks. Actually, VLC plays it fine. But VLC always plays anything!

Good :-)

You can try with other players, Banshee, Rhymthbox, RealPlayer, XMMS, 
xine based...

> Note that ~28000 Hz << 48000 Hz. As a result, my sound should not cause
> any trouble!

Well, make your own tests to see what is the frequency "limit" :-). If 
gstreamer has some problems for playing that kind of wave files, it can 
also fail with other samples.

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Re: ping packet loss when size gt 1500

[Adam Hardy]

Ron Johnson on 19/10/10 00:25, wrote:

On 10/18/2010 04:54 AM, Adam Hardy wrote:
[snip]


I'm running a windows app to monitor it called 'ping plotter' which
charts the ping responses and flags up the packet loss, and one server
out there in particular loses 15% of pings: 213.120.176.62



Maybe not as fancy, but I find that mtr is *really* useful.

(It's packaged in Debian...)


In xfce I see it's got an icon for the app in the icon box - I can't figure out 
where that icon is to put it on my menu. It's actually got the letters "mtr" in 
the icon so it's obviously for mtr. Sounds like a daft question but where would 
that icon be? It doesn't appear to have been installed with the package.



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Re: "Chicken-egg" printer problem

[Rodolfo Medina]

Rodolfo Medina  writes:

> I'm facing the following odd problem:
>
> when I do: `escputil -c' to clean the printer's heads, the output looks good:
>
> $ escputil -c -r /dev/usb/lp0
> Escputil version 5.0.2, Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Robert Krawitz
> Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.
>
> Cleaning heads...
>
>
> , but then nothing happens and the heads are not cleaned.  I suspect this
> happens because the ink is short and the system is waiting for it to finish
> completely.  But then I have the following problem:
>
> 1) until the ink is not finished, I can't clean heads;
>
> 2) until the heads are not cleaned, the paper is left blank and so the ink is
>not used up and cannot finish.
>
> What to do in this case?  From cups mailing list I got no indications.



Camaleón  writes:

> If your ink levels are so low that cleaning is not possible, replace the 
> ink cartridges. I suppose you can force a "replacement" :-?



Rodolfo Medina  writes:

>> I don't know how: until the ink is completely finished, the cartridges
>> won't reach the replacement position.  :(


Camaleón  writes:

> If you have no way to force a replacement, just print 100 copies of a 
> multi-colored image to empty the cartridges :-P



On 10/18/2010 05:33 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> But it's just this the problem: as I said, the paper is left blank because
>> the
>> heads are dirty, both black and coloured print.


Eduardo M KALINOWSKI  writes:

> Maybe the ink has dried, then there's not much you can do.
>
> Regardless of the cause, can't you just replace the cartidge?


Camaleón  writes:

> You don't get "any" colour? Neither black or greyish? Nada? :-?

No, nothing.



> Then try with these steps:
>
> http://support.epson-europe.com/onlineguides/en/sc20/ref_g/ink_1.htm


Those steps require the cartridges to be completely empty, otherwise the heads
won't reach the replacement position:

  "Do not move the print head by hand, as this may damage the
   printer. Always press the  maintenance button to move it."

Rodolfo


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Re: Ethernet port dead

[Rodolfo Medina]

 Andrei Popescu  writes:
 
>>> Here's your network card. Very interesting that it didn't show up in
>>> the grep... are you aware of any differences (for example booting with
>>> a different kernel)?
>>>
>>> Could you please let us see the full output of 'dmesg'. If you are
>>> worried about the size you can use paste.debian.net
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, I posted the output of `dmesg' as the file `dmesg' at
>> paste.debian.net, under the name of `rodolfo'.
>
> This link seems empty:
>
> http://paste.debian.net/97096


I posted it again, now it should be there:

http://paste.debian.net/97210/

Thanks
Rodolfo


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Re: how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user

[Jörg-Volker Peetz]

In the pmount package there is also a "pumount" command.
The new device name can be found in the file /proc/partitions.
So the whole procedure could be like this, using the symbolic name "udisk":

cat /proc/partitions
pmount /dev/sdb1 udisk
# now the device can be accessed via /media/udisk
pumount udisk
# this removes also the mount point /media/udisk

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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Nuno Magalhães]

I had a similar problem recently where some package failed to install,
which caused grub to fail as well. Switching to a console and issuing
aptitude install grub did the trick.


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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Andrei Popescu]

On Ma, 19 oct 10, 08:47:01, Bhasker C V wrote:
> >>
> >>  Somewhere during the end of the installation there is a question
> >> Continue without installing (yes/no)
> >> This I assume is if I choose 'Yes' then Grub will not be installed
> >>and when i choose 'No' grub will be installed. But when i choose no,
> >>the installer keeps asking the saem question again and again. May be
> >>this question needs to be re-phrased as "Install grub (y/n)" ?

I think I understand now what you mean, but can't be 100% sure (I'm 
looking at the translation files). It would help if you could post a 
screenshot and mention if there were any special steps to get there (for 
context).

Regards,
Andrei
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Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

[Bhasker C V]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Andrei Popescu wrote:


On Lu, 18 oct 10, 14:46:23, Bhasker C V wrote:

Hi,

  Somewhere during the end of the installation there is a question
 Continue without installing (yes/no)
 This I assume is if I choose 'Yes' then Grub will not be installed
and when i choose 'No' grub will be installed. But when i choose no,
the installer keeps asking the saem question again and again. May be
this question needs to be re-phrased as "Install grub (y/n)" ?


And no error message? Check also the console (Ctrl+Alt+F4), use Alt+F5
to return to the install.
The console at F4 does not show error per-say but says that grub is not 
installed and pressing yes does the trick and installs it. But I jut 
wanted to point out that the question asked and task performed are not in 
sync. Either the yes/no must be toggled of their tasks or the question 
must be re-phrased.




Regards,
Andrei
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[Zaki Akhmad]

Hello all,

I need more entropy here while I generate gpg key on my Debian server.
The server is not with X.
Any hint what should I do on my server? I've tried ping flood but it
still not enough.


We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
..+.+..+++.+>++..+

Not enough random bytes available.  Please do some other work to give
the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 284 more bytes)


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